title: Uranium distribution in broiler organs and possibilities for protection.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the distribution of uranium (uranyl nitrate hexahydrate, UN) in muscle and organs (kidney, liver, and brain) of broilers, after a 7-day contamination with UN and administration of two different adsorbents (organobentonite and organozeolite). The birds were contaminated during 7 days with 25 mg/UN per day. Adsorbents were given via gastric tube, immediately after contamination with UN. In group 1 that did not receive any adsorbents, histopathological changes in the contaminated broilers were observed in small intestine, liver, and kidney in the form of necrosis of intestinal villi, oedema and cytoplasmic vacuolation of hepatocytes, and dystrophic changes in the kidney tubules epithelium. Organobentonite administered via gastric tube (group 2) reduced uranium distribution by 66 % in kidney, 81 % in liver, and 34 % in brain. In group 3, administration of organozeolite reduced uranium distribution by 67 % in kidney, 68 % in liver, and 49 % in brain. In groups 2 and 3, where the broilers received adsorbents immediately after the UN contamination, no histopathological lesions were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Radiation Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University in Belgrade, Bulevar Oslobodjenja 18, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia, slavatab@vet.bg.ac.rs.
authors.forename: Branislava
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mitrović
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vitorović
authors.forename: Milijan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lazarević-Macanović
authors.forename: Velibor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andrić
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daković
authors.forename: Duško
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vitorović
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011835:Radiation Protection; D013997:Time Factors; D014501:Uranium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D014501:Uranium